Investment in bulk terminals pays off

Investment in the bulk

terminals of the port

of Maputo is paying

off, according to Alan

Olivier, chairman of the

Maputo Port Development

Company.

He told delegates at the

dredging ceremony that

“MPDC has excelled in cargo

handling, particularly in the

movement of chrome and

ferrochrome and through the

utilisation of its new mobile

harbour cranes.”

In the port of Maputo

Phase VI of its ferrochrome

slab expansion was completed

in 2016, with a total capacity

of 4.5 million tons per annum

– and this is already fully

contracted.

And in Matola “the

terminal capacity for

magnetite and coal has

increased from 800 000

tons per annum to over eight

million and this is also fully

contracted.”

Johann Botha, commercial

director of the MPDC, told

FTW that the terminals had

only reached their design

capacity, and that they could

handle more if required.